Sources of history include primary sources such as documents, artifacts, and records from the time being studied, as well as secondary sources like books, articles, and analyses written after the fact. These sources provide valuable information about past events, societies, ...

The beginning of the Common Era (CE) is marked by the traditionally calculated birth year of Jesus Christ, though the term CE is used in a secular context. It coincides with the start of the Gregorian calendar’s year 1, and ...

An anthropologist studies human societies and cultures, both past and present. They explore human behavior, cultural practices, social structures, and evolutionary history, often through fieldwork, ethnographic research, and analysis of artifacts to understand how societies function and evolve over time.

A period of 100 years is referred to as a “century.” The last Ice Age ended around 11,700 years ago, marking the transition to the warmer Holocene Epoch, which has since allowed for the rise of human civilizations and significant ...

BCE (Before Common Era) is a secular term used to indicate years before the start of the Gregorian calendar, similar to BC (Before Christ). Both refer to the same time period, but BCE avoids religious connotations, making it a more ...